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EKKSTACY Gets Candid About Substance Abuse, His New Relationship & Going for a ‘Full Band’ Sound on ‘FOREVER’ Album

EKKSTACY talks about his new album 'FOREVER,' his new relationship, partying (and partying too hard) and what's coming for him.

“Forever,” Prince famously declared in the pastor-like open to his carpe diem chart-topper “Let’s Go Crazy” – “that’s a mighty long time.” “Live now,” the Purple One urged us in song, “before the Grim Reaper comes knocking on your door.” Mole,” with, “Sh-t’s ass, I f–king despise that song.” And when I point out that he’s never done the most high-profile tracks from the EKKSTACY LP on tour – “alright” (with LAROI), “problems” (with Trippie), and the uncommonly sunny, buoyant “bella” – he bluntly replies: “Yeah, and they never will be. As open as he is about his stresses and the potential pitfalls of self-medication, he’s equally quick to tamp down reading too much into depressive lyrics, and put off by the idea of commodifying mental health as a talking point.

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